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IOS CENTRAL Apple has warned that it will shut down services such as FaceTime and iMessage in the U.K. if the government of that country goes ahead with passing controversial legislation. Aside from the changes to regulations governing messaging security features, Apple objects to having to make global changes to its products in order to comply with U.K.-specific rules. [Extracted from the article]

News The UK government has said it will not use the powersgranted by the Online Safety Bill to compel companies toscan encrypted messages until it becomes "technicalfeasible" to do so only for information aboutexploitation and abuse. In April, the head of WhatsApp went one step further,saying he would rather the messaging app was blocked inthe UK than weaken the privacy of its encrypted messages,if required by the UK's Online Safety Bill. [Extracted from the article]

Apple: Proposed UK law is a "serious, direct threat" to security, privacy "Together, these provisions could be used to force a company likeApple, that would never build a backdoor, to publicly withdrawcritical security features from the UK market, depriving UK users ofthese protections", the company warned. News Apple Holic Apple has major concerns about new UK government surveillancelaws, which it argues are so over-reaching that tech firms can'tpossibly meet their requirements. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on a proposed British surveillance law, the Investigatory Power Bill, which would allow the Home Office to track internet connection records. It states that documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest the government was already tracking this data and that the law would require internet service providers to keep a record of their customers internet usage. It speculates the law would harm citizen privacy and could result in criminals using encryption.

The article discusses the 13th Annual Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) conference with the theme "Publishing 2020: Ramping Up Relevance" held in Berlin, Germany from January 17-18, 2018. It mentions topics discussed during the events including the aspects of open science as paradigm of research and education considering the context of open access (OA), the trends and impact of blockchain technology, and the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) on publishing.

Apple has joined the chorus of those who know what they're talking about to warn against a UK bill that breaks end-to-end encryption Apple warns that UK's Online Safety Bill puts people at "greater risk": Some laws don't make you safer. Apple has raised its voice against a UK law that will dramatically undermine secure commerce and trust online, warning it could put UK citizens at risk. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the released of the latest version of surveillance law Investigatory Powers Bill in Great Britain in 2016 which requires technology companies to decrypt electronic protections and data encryptions applied to user's messages when technically feasible.

The article expresses opposition to a counterterrorism proposal from British Prime Minister David Cameron that would prohibit encrypted online communications inaccessible to government security agencies, saying such a policy would restrict everyone's freedom of speech and Internet privacy.

The article discusses government electronic mass surveillance, or the surveillance state, in Great Britain, within the context of the terrorist Khalid Masood's 2017 attack at Westminster bridge in London, England. British Home Secretary Amber Rudd's criticism of the Internet company WhatsApp?'s end-to-end encryption (E2EE (E2EE) is discussed.

The article focuses on changes in schools with an implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as data protection compliance in the Great Britain. Topics discussed include significance of the GDPR in administration of claims related to data protection; expansion in approaches for maintenance of data safety conditions under GDPR such as encryption; and administration of marketing communication by GDPR.

The article focuses on the improper monitoring practices being made by intelligence services in Great Britain. Topics include the insights of computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee on the region's need to conduct Magna Carta for the communications age, the significant function of privilege as a valued legal right, and the new codes of practice released by the British Government that acknowledges the capability of security services to bypass the increasing use of encryption by internet firms.